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Technical Baccalaureate Announced

Apr 23, 2013 11:52 BST UK IT Association Education Secretary Michael Gove and Skills Minister Matthew Hancock have announced the launch of a new Technical Baccalaureate which is aimed at closing the gap in the IT skills market by providing a vocational qualification that employers will value.

Mar 14, 2013 11:25 GMT UK IT Association It was no surprise to discover over the weekend that SMEs and start-ups are turning their backs on the Tech City circus because the bidding process is too complicated and too expensive. So we are more than pleased to recognise the work of a local businessman in Croydon who has started a grass roots campaign to get help and support to SMEs and start-ups.

Mar 13, 2013 15:05 GMT UK IT Association At UKITA we always support research into Information and Communications Technology, and we think this project by Mr Reitano has much merit for our members and the wider IT community, as such we would urge as many of our members and followers as possible to complete the survey. And please feel free to pass this on to anybody else you feel would be interested.

Mar 11, 2013 10:54 GMT UK IT Association With March seeing the beginning of a consultancy period for the Governments Cyber Security Organisational Standards, and given the recent events at Evernote we understand that is will be an area of concern for our members and their customers- read more on why we support the IASME standard.

Feb 26, 2013 11:32 GMT UK IT Association The EU Digital Sector is fighting to keep hold of its brightest young talents as the skills gap widens. The EU has many young people with the appropriate skills, but the inability to match the talent digital youths with the abundance of IT jobs is leading to more and more young IT professionals to look elsewhere for employment.

Feb 25, 2013 16:20 GMT UK IT Association • Industry Morally Obliged to Help Youths Find Work • Launch of Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and Training • Andrew Corbett, MD of the UK IT Association, Comments

Feb 21, 2013 13:40 GMT UK IT Association • FPB survey highlights e-invoicing as key area for SME’s • 47% of members say they will be using e-invoicing within 12 months • Comment from Celeris Ltd, a UKITA member

Feb 14, 2013 12:36 GMT UK IT Association UKITA has been approached by BIS to approach our members to ascertain their views on the Government's information economy strategy, which is being released this spring.

Oct 11, 2012 10:59 BST UK IT Association UKITA (UK IT Association) Director Andrew Corbett says that there is a glass ceiling between the IT businesses that are known to and have accessed help from RDA growth project funds and the huge number of IT businesses who are not on the radar of the policy makers and funders.

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